Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed

Posted: 22nd April 2026

Source: Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed – BBC News

Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes, as the Tobacco and Vapes Bill clears Parliament.

Both the Commons and Lords have settled on a final draft of the “landmark” legislation, external that aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking by making it illegal for shops to sell them tobacco, to create a smoke-free generation.

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